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$150 space camera

DEC 28, 2009
Physics Today
1337arts : MIT students Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh have devised a low budget mechanism for space photography using off-the-shelf components: weather balloons, helium, styrofoam cooler, handwarmers, cell phone, and camera. The space photography balloon they built was launched on September 2nd, reached an altitude of 18 miles,
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